Paragraph 13 Removal of operating centres on review

(1)

This paragraph has effect where a person at any time—

(a)

after the date that this Order is made, and

(b)

before the appointed day,

makes representations to the traffic commissioner as to the unsuitability of a relevant place on environmental grounds for continued use as an operating centre for vehicles used under any operator’s licence; and for the purposes of this sub-paragraph a relevant place is a place specified in an operator’s licence issued by the traffic commissioner.

(2)

If the representations comply with paragraphs (a) and (b) of regulation 18 of the Goods Vehicles (Operators' Licences, Qualifications and Fees) Regulations 1984^f1, the representations shall for the purposes of section 31 of the 1995 Act—

(a)

be deemed to comply with the requirements of subsection (5)(a) of that section; and

(b)

have effect as if that section had been in force at the time the representations are made.

(3)

Representations made on or before the date that this Order is made shall be disregarded for the purposes of section 31 of the 1995 Act.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1984/176; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1987/841.